A trailer full of newborn bobby calves is backed up to a shed - Male calves have no commercial value to the dairy industry, and are killed at only a few days old, alongside any surplus female calves. Calves are herded onto trucks, still unsteady on their legs and calling for their mothers. Some are driven straight to the slaughterhouse, where they will spend a cold and terrifying night shivering in concrete holding pens, while others are taken to a saleyard, and sold to the highest bidder.
 - Captured at TAS.

A trailer full of newborn bobby calves is backed up to a shed

Male calves have no commercial value to the dairy industry, and are killed at only a few days old, alongside any surplus female calves. Calves are herded onto trucks, still unsteady on their legs and calling for their mothers. Some are driven straight to the slaughterhouse, where they will spend a cold and terrifying night shivering in concrete holding pens, while others are taken to a saleyard, and sold to the highest bidder.
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Published Mon 26 February 2024
Captured/filmed September 2023
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Country Australia
Location TAS

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